The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
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RIVERSIDE, CAL, March 23.-Wa left
Wheeling in March to do" the South
and California, and alao TO mica the March
weather, and after rapid and pleasant
trip over the Baltimore 4 Ohio and Louis.
vile & Nashville, we struck the Capital OF
Tennessee. Now tho booming began,
and the excurslonista were surieited with
literature, supposed to tell only the plain
truth, and teach the unsophisticated item.
derloot" how To make big thing buying
corner lots four miles from the outskirts
OF every pretending and unpretonding
village In tho South. Running long
gauntlet OF this sort, we pulled into Birm.
inghsm, the 'magtc city," Here we
looked at a corner lot, with plain two.
story brick house on II, worth possibly
So 600, and found 1t WIS offered very low
ST. 400 per front foot! We got our breath
after an effort, shook tho dust--that mesns
mora than you think--from our feet, and
left for Wheeling, Ala. All Wheeling
people feel an interest In this place, from
lie name and because It 10 in tho hands
for, development OF former residents Of the
Nail City. Mr.. J. II. Woodward, preei-
dent OF the company, received us Kindly,
and We were carried over the extensive
grounda OF the company, covering seven
| miles, shown the vast ore deposits, coal,
limestone, coke ovens, two furnaces, rail-
road seven mica long, four locomotives,
rolling stock, &c. Few Wheeling people
have any knowledge Of the magnitude Of
this enterprise. 1t is very valuable, prob.
ably the finest iron property In tho State,
or even the entire South.
When we reached the Crescent City, We
fol- Into the bands Of moro representatives
Of the Nail City, hence were treated roy:
ally. We stood on the lovee, and gszed
into tho muddy depths Of the father Of
waters" meandering peacefully along
about tsn feet above the l0vol Of the city
at that point, and our thoughts went back
to tino in February, 1884, when we
gezed about us on water, water every.
where. There il only irail looking levee
between much Of this pretty city and tho
destroyer.
When we left New Orleans we were ex.
curaionists, and in the hands Of the South
ern Pacific company, and they gave us o
royal send.oa on eight splendid cars. We
bowled along through the finest sugar land
Of Louisiana, and greatly enjoyed the
scenes: then into Texas, and after long
ride pulled into San Antonio. Now We do
SEQ things, Mexico in embryo, mud hu,s,
half.breed Indians, mixed and pure Mex.
leans, Anglo-Saxons, &e.
The company gave us twelve hours here,
then we were OF to Ell Paso. Another
days. run, and still in Texas. viii we
ever get out OF this immense State? They
gave 10 fourteen hours at FL Paso, 30 We
took in tho town-Bll bu. the "boon,,"
which is here also. Here We found the
line drawn distirctly-AIexico pure in
adobe hntB on one side, AmericBnsin build.
inys on the other. The love and admira-
ton Of each race for the other shines out
clearly. You will likely know you are in
Mexico If you infringe the smallest rule
They "lay" for Americans, ard they must
DO on their own side after dark. The
mud novels OF the poorer classes in pdso
del Norte are meancr than anything
Wheeling people can imagine, but they
are good enough for tho ''greasers." Tho
old church here has possibly no equal in
our country. No change has been made.
The chime OF three iron bells strung to
wooden beams across tho bplfly by ropes
arc ss they were 200 years ago. The
rafters overhead are round logs OF wood,
covered with carvings on every aide, done
BY hand. The old pulpit il reached 10y q
ladder, and is no larger than good sized
chair. There are no seats in the building,
which is probably 20 feet wide by so long.
Everything ia in keeping. Services are
regularly held. Nesr 10 the soldiess' bar.
rnska, with many prisoners in the stock
ade. You may peep through thegateYay,
at distance only. The Mexican Custom
House adjoins. 1t is one-story adobe
building, with slight iron grating over
each window, resembling a country Jail
on small scale. Alter being in Paso del
Norte an hour, you "want 10 20 home"
Tho BoEton party, with General McCook,
lay here along side our train all day Sun
day. At2A N. We went on.
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